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Offline Jukebox

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« on: August 13, 2009, 12:46:16 PM »
A decision is expected to be made today on whether women's boxing will be included in the 2012 Olympics in London.
It came came close to being included in the 2008 Games, but the move was blocked by the International Olympic Committee.
It was felt that the sport was not competitive in enough countries, which could lead to potentially dangerous mismatches.
 
Do we think it should be included or not and what are you general views on women knocking seven bells out of each other?

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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2009, 13:00:06 PM »
are handbags allowed?

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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2009, 13:09:52 PM »
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are handbags allowed?



Should have known better than to try and get a discussion going. :(

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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2009, 13:39:44 PM »
ok a serious dicussion about womens boxing, carry on..

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« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2009, 14:48:30 PM »
I think women should be able to do whatever men do, if they choose to, assuming they want to.

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« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2009, 15:00:11 PM »
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Originally posted by Scunner

I think women should be able to do whatever men do, if they choose to, assuming they want to.



So do you think it warrants inclusion as an Olympic sport?

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« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2009, 15:11:10 PM »
Synchronised swimming does, so why not...

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« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2009, 15:22:52 PM »
I think it should be included in the Olympics but the issue of mismatches is a serious one, we know that boxing is a dangerous sport even amongst participants of a similar standard so maybe it should be restricted to countries that meet a criteria set by the Olympics committee. When conutries reach that criteria then they can be included in the competition.
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« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2009, 15:59:36 PM »
As with all Olympic boxing it will be with headguards and extra padded gloves and should definitely be included.

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« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2009, 16:00:53 PM »




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